Pete Rose denied reinstatement by Rob Manfred

Updated 11:58 am, Monday, December 14, 2015

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FILE - DECEMBER 14, 2015: It was reported that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Pete Rose remains banned for life from Major League Baseball December 14, 2015. CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 14: Former player and manager Pete Rose looks on prior to the 86th MLB All-Star Game at the Great American Ball Park on July 14, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) less

FILE - DECEMBER 14, 2015: It was reported that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Pete Rose remains banned for life from Major League Baseball December 14, 2015. CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 14: Former player and ... more

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Pete Rose denied reinstatement by Rob Manfred

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Pete Rose remains banned. He’ll always remain banned.

Commissioner Rob Manfred rejected Rose’s request for reinstatement, by all accounts the hits king’s final bid to get back in baseball.

In a detailed statement on his decision, Manfred suggested Rose has not reconfigured his life 26 years after former commissioner Bart Giamatti said, “The burden is entirely on Mr. Rose to reconfigure his life in a way he deems appropriate,” giving Rose an opportunity to apply for reinstatement after one year.

Bud Selig never considered Rose’s request, but when Manfred replaced Selig in January, he said he’d review Rose’s case. Monday, Manfred released his decision and mentioned he has evidence that Rose bet on baseball as a player, not just a manager, and said Rose admits he still bets on baseball today.

That Rose currently bets on baseball, which he has told Manfred, didn’t help his cause, though it’s perfectly legal. Manfred said he reached out to Rose Monday morning to relay his decision.

A key point of Manfred’s statement: “In short, Mr. Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life either by an honest acceptance by him of his wrongdoing, so clearly established by the Dowd Report, or by a rigorus, self-aware and sustained program of avoidance by him of all the circumstances that led to his premanent ineligibility in 1989. Absent such credible evidence, allowing him to work in the game presents an unacceptable risk of a future violation of him by Rule 21, and thus to the integrity of our sport. I, therefore, must reject Mr. Rose's application for reinstatement.”

Rose, 74, collected a record 4,256 hits, breaking Ty Cobb’s record, and was a career .303 hitter in 24 seasons. He was a 17-time All-Star.

In his statement, Manfred said Rose’s status with the Hall of Fame is a separate matter. He’s ineligible to be a candidate.